FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION: 1,530 million gallons per day
SOIL EROSION: 15.7 million tons per year
HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES: 10 sites on national priority list
.PEOPLE OF NEW MEXICO
POPULATION: 1,528,000
PROJECTED POPULATION YEAR 2000: 1,968,000
POPULATION CHANGE 1980-1988: 15.60%
POPULATION DENSITY: 12.4 persons per sq mi
PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.8
METROPOLITAN AREA POPULATION: 48.9%
MARRIAGE RATE: 8.6 marriages per 1,000 population
DIVORCE RATE: 5.3 divorces per 1,000 population
BIRTH RATE: 18.2 births per 1,000 population
BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS: 15.3% of total
BIRTHS TO UNMARRIED WOMEN: 29.6% of total
POPULATION UNDER 18 YEARS: 29.8%
POPULATION 65 YEARS OLD AND OVER: 10.3%
LIFE EXPECTANCY, BOTH SEXES: 74 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, MALE: 69.9 years
LIFE EXPECTANCY, FEMALE: 78.3 years
DEATH RATE: 6.9 deaths per 1,000 population
BLACK POPULATION: 1.7%
JEWISH POPULATION: 0.4%
PERSONS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 17.6%
FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 14.0%
CHILDREN BELOW POVERTY LEVEL: 22.1%
VIETNAM VETERANS: 60,000
.EDUCATION IN NEW MEXICO
EXPENDITURES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $809 per resident
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES PER PUPIL: $4,034 per pupil
PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO: 18.6 pupils per teacher
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $25,000 average
SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARIES: $25,700 average
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: 83,000 total
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FRESHMEN: 9,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, FEMALE: 44,000
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, PART-TIME: 42,000
SPENDING FOR PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION: $4,470 per student
TUITION REVENUES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION: $750 per student
.HEALTH IN NEW MEXICO
HOSPITAL DAILY ROOM CHARGE: $241 average
PHYSICIANS: 173 physicians per 100,000 population
DENTISTS: 48 dentists per 100,000 population
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, ALL RACES: 7.1 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, BLACK: 10.6 per 100 live births
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT BABIES, WHITE: 7.2 per 100 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, ALL RACES: 9.4 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, BLACK: 17.3 deaths per 1,000 live births
INFANT MORTALITY RATE, WHITE: 9.2 deaths per 1,000 live births
LEGAL ABORTION RATE: 219 per 1,000 live births
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1983-1989: 220 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED, 1989: 75 total
AIDS CASES REPORTED (RATE) 1989: 6.3 per 100,000 population
DEATHS AMONG AIDS CASES, 1983-1989: 126
DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTS: 55.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM CANCER: 140.7 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE: 193.4 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM HOMICIDE: 13.6 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM LIVER DISEASE AND CIRRHOSIS: 14.8 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM PNEUMONIA AND FLU: 23.3 per 100,000 resident population
DEATHS FROM SUICIDE: 19.4 per 100,000 resident population
.GOVERNMENT OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL NAME: State of New Mexico
ADMITTED TO UNION: Jan. 6, 1912
ORDER OF STATEHOOD: 47th
CAPITAL: Santa Fe
MOTTO: Crescit Eundo (It grows as it goes)
SONG: O, Fair New Mexico
SYMBOLS: Animal--New Mexico black bear; Bird--Chaparral bird (roadrunner); Flower--Yucca flower; Gem--Turquoise; Tree--Nut pine (pinion)
FLAG: The ancient Zia Sun symbol in red on a yellow field.
GOVERNOR: Garrey E. Carruthers (R) 1990
EXECUTIVE TERM: 4 years
VOTERS IN 1988 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: 47.3% casting votes
ELECTORAL VOTES: 5
SENATORS: Jeff Bingaman (D) 1994, Pete V. Domenici (R) 1990
NUMBER OF U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: 3
AGE OF MAJORITY (FULL CIVIL RIGHTS): 18
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/CONSENT: 16
AGE OF MARRIAGE W/O CONSENT: 18
AGE OF BUYING ALCOHOL: 21
AGE OF LEAVING SCHOOL: 18 or 10th grade with school/parental consent
STATE FUNDING FOR ART: $0.5 per capita
STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES: $2,049 per capita
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES PAID: $1,019 per capita
DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS: $5,752 per capita
FEDERAL SPENDING, DEFENSE PROGRAMS: $1,532 (millions)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, CIVILIAN: 26,000
SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS: 13.6% of population
PUBLIC AID RECIPIENTS: 5.7% of population
FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS: 9.3% of population
.CRIME IN NEW MEXICO
CRIME RATE, TOTAL: 6,606 offenses per 100,000 population
VIOLENT CRIME RATE: 658 offenses per 100,000 population
MURDERS: 11.5 per 100,000 population
FORCIBLE RAPE: 38 per 100,000 population
ROBBERY: 103 per 100,000 population
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: 505 per 100,000 population
PROPERTY CRIME RATE: 5,948 offenses per 100,000 population
BURGLARY: 1,837 per 100,000 population
LARCENY-THEFT: 3,721 per 100,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT: 390 per 100,000 population
PRISON INMATES: 2,723 total
PRISON INMATE RATE: 180 per 100,000 population
PRISONERS EXECUTED, 1980-1988: 0 executed
POLICE PROTECTION: 28.4 police per 10,000 population
LAWYERS: 450 population per lawyer
.ECONOMY OF NEW MEXICO
INCOME PER CAPITA: $12,488
DISPOSABLE PERSONAL INCOME: $10,752
GROSS STATE PRODUCT: $23,603 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, AGRICULTURE: $513 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MINING: $3,181 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, CONSTRUCTION: $1,576 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING: $1,881 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, TRANSPORTATION: $2,428 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, WHOLESALE TRADE: $958 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, RETAIL TRADE: $2,214 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, FINANCE: $3,389 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, SERVICES: $3,502 (millions)
GROSS STATE PRODUCT, GOVERNMENT: $3,961 (millions)
U.S. EXPORTS: $164 (millions)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS: $663 (millions)
PATENTS GRANTED: 170 (1988)
NEW BUSINESS FAILURES: 107 failures per 10,000 concerns
BLACK-OWNED FIRMS: 555 total
EMPLOYED/POPULATION RATIO: 58.5% employed of total population
FEMALE LABOR FORCE: 53.5% of labor force
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE: 7.8% unemployed
UNION MEMBERSHIP IN MANUFACTURING: 10.4% unionized
NEW HOUSING STARTS: 5,000 units
NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: $164 (millions)
MORTGAGE LOANS FORECLOSED: 5.4%
VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURE: $1,719 (millions)
MANUFACTURING WORKERS, CHANGE 1982-1987: 9.1%
EXPORT RELATED FACTORY EMPLOYMENT: 7.1% of total employment
RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD: $15,502
CHANGE IN RETAIL SALES PER HOUSEHOLD 1982-86: 15.5%
MINERALS PRODUCED (NON-FUELS): $738 (millions)
MINERAL FUELS PRODUCED: $3,031 (millions)
CRUDE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION: 72 million barrels
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION: 818 billion cubic feet marketed
NET ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATION: 26.4 billion kWh
ELECTRICAL ENERGY INSTALLED CAPACITY: 5.6 million kW
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: 0
.AGRICULTURE OF NEW MEXICO
PRINCIPAL FARM COMMODITIES: Cattle, dairy products, hay, greenhouse (77% of total)
PRINCIPAL CROPS: Hay, onions, cotton lint, corn
LAND IN FARMS: 45,000,000 acres
CROPLAND HARVESTED: 926,000 acres harvested
NUMBER OF FARMS: 14,000
SIZE OF FARMS: 3,179 acres per farm
CHANGE IN FARMLAND, 1982-87: -2.3%
VALUE OF FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS: $141 per acre
NET FARM INCOME: $292 (millions)
NET FARM INCOME/DEBT RATIO: 26.6%
BARLEY PRODUCTION: 375 bushels (thousands)
BARLEY YIELD: 75 bushels per acre
CORN PRODUCTION: 9,765 bushels (thousands)
CORN YIELD: 155 bushels per acre
COTTON PRODUCTION: 122 bales (thousands)
COTTON YIELD: 689 pounds per acre
HAY PRODUCTION: 1,260 tons (thousands)
HAY YIELD: 4.27 tons per acre
OATS PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
OATS YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
POTATO PRODUCTION: 4,025 CWT (thousands)
POTATO YIELD: 350 CWT per acre
RICE PRODUCTION: 0 CWT (thousands)
SOYBEAN PRODUCTION: 0 bushels (thousands)
SOYBEAN YIELD: 0 bushels per acre
SUGARBEET PRODUCTION: NA tons (thousands)
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION: 0 tons
TOBACCO PRODUCTION: 0 pounds (thousands)
TOBACCO YIELD: 0 pounds per acre
WHEAT PRODUCTION: 3,200 bushels (thousands)
WHEAT YIELD: 20 bushels per acre
CATTLE AND CALVES: 1,380 on farms (1,000 head)
HOGS AND PIGS: 25 on farms (1,000 head)
SHEEP AND LAMBS: 495 on farms (1,000 head)
.COMMUNICATIONS IN NEW MEXICO
INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: 998 miles; 1,606 kilometers
MOTOR VEHICLE TRAVEL: 281 thousands of miles traveled per road mile
LICENSED DRIVERS: 547.2 per 1,000 population
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT DEATHS: 35.1 deaths per 100,000 population
REGISTERED AUTOMOBILES: 530 per 1,000 population
REGISTERED MOTORCYCLES: 25 per 1,000 population
DRIVERS EXCEEDING 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT: 56.3%
COMMERCIAL AM RADIO STATIONS: 61
COMMERCIAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 41
EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO STATIONS: 10
COMMERCIAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 12
EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS: 3
DAILY NEWSPAPERS: 19
DAILY NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION: 0.21 papers per capita
.TRAVEL IN NEW MEXICO
STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: New Mexico State Board of Tourism, 1100 St. Francis Drive, Joseph Montoya Building, Santa Fe, 87503, (505) 827-0291, (800) 545-2040, Fax (505) 827-0407
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Santa Fe--State Capitol, Santa Fe Plaza, Palace of the Governors, San Miguel Mission, Old Santa Fe trail, El Rancho de las Golondrinas (historic Spanish colonial farm); Albuquerque--Old Town Plaza, San Felipe Church, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, New Mexico natural history Museum; tram to Sandia Peak, Turquoise Trail, Cibola National Forest; Taos--artist colony, Paza de Taos, Hacienda Marinez, Indian Pueblo, Mission Art Gallery; Indian Petroglyph State Park; Aztec Ruins, Bandelier, and Capulin, Coronado State and White Sands Monuments; Carlsbad Caverns (over 50 enormous underground caverns); Chaco Culture National Historical Park; Guadalupe National Park (mountains, fossil reef).
